Don,

By refusing to participate, I mean I'm not changing my lifestyle, buying decisions, etc, on what the nightly news reports as the latest impact.

Since I'm in my house for the long term, any market decline in housing doesn't affect me as a non-buyer, non-seller in real estate. I'm an owner and any loss in value would be like the "loss on paper" they report for Bill Gates, owners of Yahoo, WalMart, etc.

I'm self-employed, so I'm not worried about a pink slip in my next pay check or hearing my employer's name on the news as the economy exposes another corporate finance scandal.

When i cited the news anchors reporting about the "Worst economy in 50 years" I was focusing on the news media's manipulation of the situation and not which party benefited or was in power.

The same media gave us the flip-flop reporting on FL for Gore, OOPS, we mean FL for Bush, ERR Correction it's too close to call.

I'll wait to see the results, rather than accepting the pre-digested events as they choose to relate them.

Following like sheep to the slaughter is for people who can't use their own grey matter to make decisions on their own.

Like after any President gives their State of the Union speech, and before we hear the rebuttal, the talking heads on the boob tube tell us what the speech meant. I'm sure you don't need Dan Blather, Ted, Peter, or any of the others to tell you what the man just said 5 minutes before.

I respect a journalist who tells my his opinion or take on political speech or actions, but don't respect any who spin and massage the message to glean what they want from it and pass it on as unbiased reporting.

JMHO.

Dennis Bevers




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